Help... its getting cold and I dont want my puppy to freeze!?

So it got down to 4 degress this morning... and its only going to get colder and wetter! Puppy has to stay outside, I rent and the owners wont allow the puppy inside, plus I am a clean freak and hate that wet dog smell.
Info bout Puppy:
- Staffy x Kelpie
- 6 months old
- Coat/fur is short
- Live in West... show more So it got down to 4 degress this morning... and its only going to get colder and wetter! Puppy has to stay outside, I rent and the owners wont allow the puppy inside, plus I am a clean freak and hate that wet dog smell.

Info bout Puppy:
- Staffy x Kelpie
- 6 months old
- Coat/fur is short
- Live in West Australia, it rains here 95% of winter and gets down to 1-2 degrees at night/early morning and its very very windy

Ive bought him a jacket to wear at night and sometimes during the day, but I still think its way too cold for him! He has a small outside room/storeroom to sleep in and Ive bought him a pillow bed to sleep on so he is off the cold cement. I do half close the room door at night to stop some of the wind/rain from getting in. But what else could I do to keep him warm?

I have a travel carrier for him, I plan to go back east at the end of the year and plan to use it then, could I use that as a dog house for him? Would that keep him warmer?

Update: OMG dogs do not have to stay inside! AND there is NO WAY in hell am I rehoming him! So many people here have outside dogs!!!!!
Stop being so negative... where else do you think dogs lived before they became domesticated? Not in houses thats for sure!
All I wanted was some cost effective suggestions on... show more OMG dogs do not have to stay inside! AND there is NO WAY in hell am I rehoming him! So many people here have outside dogs!!!!!

Stop being so negative... where else do you think dogs lived before they became domesticated? Not in houses thats for sure!

All I wanted was some cost effective suggestions on keeping him warm. Thanks to those who gave it, the rest of you need to get a life!

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Best Answer: This may sound silly, but as the dog sleeps in the storeroom you need something to keep his body heat close to him, so you could consider getting a wooden box, or think cardboard box and putting that inside the room, his body heat would then help to keep him warm. Also, consider getting a wooden pallet, as it is really important to keep him off the floor - the cement is really really cold.
I live in Perth as well, and my dog also sleeps outside, but she has a kennel in the garage, and she is a GSD so her coat keeps her warm. You have chosen a thin coated dog, not so good.

Does you dog have somewhere to keep warm during the day? Pups are active and need to be kept stimulated and active, but at the same time not allowed to get chilled and wet. consider the quality of your dogs life and make a choice best for him. Our dog is outside when I am at work, but my kids are home earlier and she is inside when he are home.

If the landlord doesn't want the puppy inside the house you are renting and you admit to being a clean freak and don't like wet dog smell (and I assume fur, mud, etc), then can you PLEASE tell me why you have a puppy?

Dogs shouldn't have to live outside their entire life and more so with a puppy - they want to be part of the family which means inside with you.

I would rehome the puppy - how can you just have a puppy in the backyard and not want it in the house with you?

get him a heated dog bed, http://www.idogbeds.com/dog-beds/heated-... or invest in a dog house for him now..
Another option is to find a used door, install a dogie door in it and hang it on the room he sleeps in.. when you leave put the other door back on.